From one reality, whatever the army recruiter said was true, but from the other reality what it imparts and inflicts on the fertile and young mind of others is the notion that war is the ultimate truth and we need to win in a war in order to survive. This is one example that indicates how the mental capacity infringes on the mental capacity of others. War is good: it leads to progress and lifestyle upgrades' (Hartmann, 2000). 'Most of the really important advances in our civilization, from the development of rockets to the discovery of antibiotics, were caused by the necessities of war,' he said, providing another feel-good rationalization for the periodic mass-murder of humans. In his book, Hartmann cites the example of a military recruiter in the chapter 'The Power of our Point-of-View: Older and Younger Cultures', and writes: remember in a recruiter for the Army came in and gave a pitch for the to our 10th grade class.
While writing from an environmentalist notion, he argues that the younger culture has by far contributing to the rising of violence in the about and has gained full access to thoughts and cultures that aims to reap and harvest the seeds of violence. The only difference lies in the difference of reality of the younger and the older culture. Previously, in the older culture, the meanings of the actions and the intentions of these actions were limited, but today the younger culture is not only receptive but also reactive to everything, from the very basic to the most modern of the reality. To Hartmann the younger culture and the older culture are different on the basis of individual reality.
It wasn't a PDF file, it was simply posted on some website.Įxcerpt from Term Paper: Hours of Ancient Sunlight Explain Hartmann's argument connecting the 'younger ' mentality/way of life to the rise of violence between groups of people (e.g. I had started to read it, but now can't seem to find it.
I recall awhile ago, that there was a progressive website where Thom had his book online. Thom reads from his book Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight and about the lives of the ancients. If you search for 'last hours of ancient sunlight' on this site you will find several. It wasn't a PDF file, it was simply posted on some website. Request PDF on ResearchGate Book Review: The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight This is a revision of a Book Review of EE to increase the readability of its original work.